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# Thom Yorke: “There’s A Process Of Natural Selection Going On”
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/thom-yorke-theres-a-process-of-natural-selection-going-on/
- Published: 2009-08-06T06:57:03.000Z
- Updated: 2009-08-06T06:57:03.000Z
- Description: “There’s a process of natural selection going on right now. The music business was waiting to die in its current form about twenty years ago. But then, hallelujah, the CD. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2009/08/thom-yorke-theres-a-process-of-natural-selection-going-on.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:03

[![Thom Yorke new](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20120a4ccd344970b-200wi)](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20120a4ccd344970b-pi?ref=hypebot.com) “There’s a process of natural selection going on right now.   
  
The music business was waiting to die in its current form about twenty years ago. But then, hallelujah, the CD turned up and kept it going for a bit.   
  
But basically, it was dead.”  

– Thom Yorke of Radiohead via [Daily Swarm](http://www.thedailyswarm.com/headlines/thom-yorke-cd-hatred-and-music-industry/?ref=hypebot.com)